Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
Acting
Jean Arthur's voice—that honeyed rasp does half the work.
Costume
Phoebe's transformation from practical pants to ballroom gowns.
Production
Massive Old Tucson set built for this film, used for decades after.
Director
Wesley Ruggles
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Old Tucson set became a functioning movie location and theme park, hosting Gunsmoke and hundreds of Westerns until a 2022 fire destroyed much of it.
This was William Holden's first major role after his breakthrough in Golden Boy; studio head Harry Cohn reportedly fought casting him because he thought Holden was 'too green.'
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